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INDEX.
slates from the Festiniog Quarries, 8. Beautiful spe-cimens of slate flags from. 555.
Fetid Goose-foot —Extract of, 50.
Fetter ami Kahn. 404, 548, 718.
Fetu. J., 50S.
Feucher, —, 701.
Feuchtwanger, Dr., 18, 70.
Feyeux, Is. D. M., 55.
Fibrous Substances. —One of the most important sectionsof the whole series of raw produce, 93. Division ofthis subject into three distinct heads, ib. The first,including the different varieties of cotton, 93-96. Thesecond, flax and hemp, 96-100. And the third, con-sisting of the various other vegetable fibres, 100-103.Interesting collection of vegetable fibres from India . :
101, 102. Specimens of aloe fibre from the Cape of IGood Hope, 102. Samples and specimens of various •vegetable fibres from several of the West India Islands,
102, 103. Bale of “New Orleans moss.” a substitutefor horse-hair, from the United States , 103. Specimensof fibrous wood from Austria , ib. Specimen of tinewool used for stuffing furniture, from Prussia, ib. Spe-cimens of vegetable fibres from Spain , and also fromPortugal , ib. See also Cotton . Flax and Hemp.
Ficalho, Marquis de, 84, 103, 153.
Fiedler, A. G., 352.
Field, J. C. and J., G24, G28.
Field and Son, 267, 279.
Field Guns. See Cannon, See.
Fieldhousc and Co., 202.
Fieux and Co., 390.
Figdor and Sons, 157.
Figgins, V. and J., 410, 452.
Figueiredo, J. de, 33, 5G3.
FilcmonofF, K., 99.
Files. —Specimens of various descriptions, 439, 491.
Filigree Work. — Filigree work from India as perfect asthat from China . 511. Specimens of, from Malta , 520.Specimens of filigree work from Genoa, 517.
Filters. —Observations on Ransome and Co.’s filters, 576.
Finch, J., 541.
Finch and Willey, 208.
Fine Arts, Materials and Processes applicable tothe.— Notices of the principal materials and processesapplicable to the Fine Arts generally, viz.:—1. En-caustic painting and fresco, 688. — 2. Ornamentalprinting, chromo-typography, gold-illuminated typo-graphy, &c., ib. — 3. Lithography (black), chromo-lithography, gold-iiluminated lithography, Sec., ib. —4. Zincography or other modes of printing, ib. Otherprocesses, ib.
Finger Plates.— Protean stone or imitation ivory plates,628. Specimens exhibited, 630. See also Door Flutes.
Finlaison, W., 95.
Finlayson, BouseficUl, and Co., 370,371.
Finlayson, F., and Co. 348.
Fino, J., 600.
Fiolet, L., 29, 672, 673.
Fire Annihilators. —Portable machine, by Phillips, for ex-tinguishing fires by chemical application, 297, 298.Mixture used, 298. Detail of experiments tried, andresults, ib. Principle of action, ib. Unattended with anypractical difficulties in its use. ib. Great advantages onship-board, ib. Annihilator designed by means of adischarge of gas to extinguish fire, ib. The Jury hadno opportunity of examining this machine, ib.
Fire-Arms. —See Guns , See. Iron.
Fire-Bricks. —Samples of fire-bricks exhibited by Messrs.Cowen and Co., Blaydon Burn, Newcastle-on-Tyne ,5S4. Great extent of their works, ib. Other samplesof fire-bricks exhibited, 5S4, 585. Specimens of glazedfire-clay bricks, 586.
Fire-Clay - Specimens of, 23. Articles from Baudoir, Bel gium , made of refractory clay, ib. —See also Clay, Re fractory .
Fire-Clay Goods (glazed).—Several exhibitors of glazedfire-clay goods, some of them nearly approximating tothe manufacture of porcelain, 586. Objects exhibitedand awards, ib. Specimens of from Prussia and fromthe United States , ib. —See also Fire-Bricks.
Fire-Engines. —Carriage fire-engine, from Canada , to beworked by forty men ; ingenious construction thereof;great power, &c. 179. Fire-engine without a carriage,and a marine fire-engine from France ; descriptiontuereof, ib. London Brigade carriage fire-engine,worked by twenty-eight men, ib. London Brigade car-riage fire-engine to be worked by thirty men, ib.
Table showing the relative power of these various en-gines, 179, 180.
Firmin and Sons, 504.
Firth and Sons, 359.
Fisch Brothers, 471.
Fischer, A., 21,489, 504, 698, 733.
Fischer, B., 21.—See also Steel .
Fischer, C., 542.
Fischer, C. A., 221.
Fischer, C. F. A , 142, 452.
Fischer, O. IL, 504.
Fischer, C. U., 707.
Fischer, K., 222.
Fischer, G., 490.
Fischer, G. T., 89, 94.
Fischer, J. C.. 35.
Fischer, lv., G86, 698.
Fischer, Moritz, 542.
Fish. Dried. —Dried mullets from New Zealand , 65. Sam-ples of dried fish from Switzerland , 65. From Russia , ib.
Fish-Hooks. —Sec Fishiny-tackle.
Fisher, —, 140.
Fisher, A., 63.
Fisher and Bramhall, 490.
Fisher, F., 581.
Fisher, J., 56, 644.
Fisher, J. H., 452.
Fisher, J. N'., 508.
Fisher, T.. 313. 314.
Fisher, T. W., and Co., 614.
Fishers and Robinson, 468.
Fishing Boats —Models of various descriptions of, 218.
Fishing Tackle, &c.— Specimens of deep sea-lines andhooks. 218. Articles under this head almost entirelyof British manufacture, G77. Angling very little pur-sued in any other countries, ib. N umber of Lxhibitors,ib. Merits of many articles could not be completelytested within the limits of the Exhibition, ib. Creditableexecution and high finish of the articles contributed, ib.Improvements which combine practical utility withexcellent workmanship, effected by Little and Co., 678.Multiplying reel of ingenious arrangement, ib. im-proved construction of ferrules, ib. fine lines forfloat-fishing from France , ib. List of Awards, ib.
Fitch, F. C. : 121.
Fiter, J., 472.
Fizcau, —, 276.
Fitzmaurice, Hon. Capt., 220.
Flacheron-Havard, 279.
Flag-stones. Paving-stones, &c. — Classification of theBritish paving-stones exhibited, 5;>4, 555. Yorkshire flags of great importance in England, 555. Objectsexhibited; particular remarks thereon, awards, &c.;models of paving-stones from Belgium , ib. Pavementexhibited by M. Desanges, of Paris , manufactured of astone called Pierre de Tonncrre, ib.
Flaissicr Brothers. 473, 475.
Flanders.— Samples of Flemish flax, meritorious cn ac-count of extreme fineness, 370, 372.
Flannel (Cotton ). —See Cotton Manufactures.^
Flannels. —Wales the original place where this article wasmade, 358. Welsh flannels still held in high repute, ib.Chiefly manufactured in Wales by hand labour, ib.Flannels more extensively made in Lancashire than inany other part of the world, ib. Machinery more gene-rally used there than elsewhere, ib. Saddlewortli andits neighbourhood remarkable for the manufacture ofSaxony flannels, ib. A few white and dyed flannelsmade in the West of England, ib. A few low flannelsand coatvs, commonly called Galways, made in Ire land , ib.' Production of a few common and low flan-nels in Canada , ib. Considerable merit in the fine lightflanuels made in France , ib. Good assortment offlannelsfrom Belgium , ib. The few flannels exhibited from Ame rica of good make and finish, ib. List of contributors,specimens exhibited, and prizes awarded 3.>8, 3o9.
Flathcr, B., 490.
Flatting Rollers. —Highly-finished rolling-mill, adaptedfor a mint, from Prussia, 201.
Flaud, H. P.. 172.
Flavel, J., 499.
Flavcl, S.. 504.
Flax.— Samples of flax from New Zealand , prepared fromthe leaves of the Fhormium tenax, 101.
Flax-dressing Machinery. — The flax manufacture repre-sented in the British Department with the same spirit